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My E-Newsletter

  • Summer 2023 E-Newsletter
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Apps

  • Balance app 
  • Stella app 
  • Squeezy

Books

  • Menopause:The One Stop Guide - Kathy Abernathy
  • Preparing for the perimenopause and menopause - Dr Louise Newson
  • ​Oestrogen Matters - Avrum Bluming, Carol Tavris
  • Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual - Dr Louise Newson
  • Me and my menopausal vagina - Jane Lewis 

Podcast Episodes

  • Breast Cancer and Menopause
  • Busting myths around HRT
  • Changing the Perception Around HRT – Davina Mccall & Dr Louise Newson
  • Empowering Women to Receive the Right Menopause Advice
  • "Everything you've ever wanted to know about the perimenopause and HRT" with Lexie Minter and Katie Grover of West Beach Fitness
  • Exercise & the Menopause – Janette Cardy & Dr Louise Newson
  • Explaining Menopause, HRT and the Alternatives
  • Explaining what the evidence shows to offer choice to women after breast cancer, with Avrum Bluming
  • Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause – Professor James Simon & Dr Louise Newson
  • Gut Matters – Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
  • How the US Government and The Media Conspired to convince women that HRT was dangerous.  
  • ​How to apply Androfeme testosterone cream
  • HRT and breast cancer
  • Life after Breast Cancer – Kirsty Lang and Dr Louise Newson
  • Menopause and Contraception – Dr Philippa Kaye & Dr Louise Newson
  • Menopause and Depression
  • Menopause and Health – Dr Annice Mukherjee & Dr Louise Newson
  • Menopause Taboo in Women from Different Ethnic Groups
  • Migraine and hormones, with specialist Dr Katy Munro
    Migraines & Menopause – GP & Menopause Expert Dr Sarah Ball & Dr Louise Newson
  • Migraines and menopause
  • Missing my Perimenopause
  • Oestrogen Matters
  • Osteoporosis and bone health
  • Pelvic Floor Health – Jane Simpson & Dr Louise Newson
  • Psychosexual Medicine and Menopause – Dr Stephanie Goodwin & Dr Louise Newson
  • Recognising and understanding the menopause
  • Sex and the Menopause – Samantha Evans & Dr Louise Newson
  • Skin Changes During the Menopause
  • Surgical Menopause and Endometriosis​
  • Symptoms and effective treatments
  • Taking HRT Forever
  • Taking oestrogen through the skin with patches or gels
  • Testosterone: not just icing on the cake with Rachel Dawber
  • Testosterone: the forgotten hormone with Professor Isaac Manyonda​
  • Testosterone: why can’t we have our own hormone back? With Dr Zoe Hodson
  • The Basics About HRT
  • The Benefits of Body Identical Progesterone – Professor James Simon
  • The Benefits of Yoga – Lucy Holton & Dr Louise Newson
  • The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
  • Treat me like a patient but there’s no ‘one size fits all’ with Melanie Martins
  • What does the evidence say about breast cancer and HRT? With Professor Isaac Manyond
  • ‘Yes, I’ve had breast cancer but now I need help with the menopause’ with Dr Sarah Ball​
  • You are what you eat, with the Healthy Eating Doctor

Resources by topic

Bone Health
Royal Osteoporosis Society   ​
Breast Cancer Risks
Check your own risk factors 
  • BOADICEA 
  • Tyrer-Cuzick Risk Calculator 
  • https://bcrisktool.cancer.gov
  • Guys and St Thomas's Cancer App
Nice Referral Guidelines
​Familial Breast Cancer NICE Guidelines
Family History ​
HRT for those with high inherited risk of cancer
Breast Cancer Booklet from Balance Menopause
Rare & Inherited Disease Eligibility Criteria
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Alternatives to HRT
https://thebms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Prescribable-alternatives-to-HRT-01EE.pdf
Cancers
General gynae cancer charity - Eve Appeal 

Womb cancer - Peaches Womb Cancer Trust
Cervical cancer - Jo's Trust
Ovarian cancer - Target Ovarian Cancer
Macmillan
Gynae cancer diagnosis support: Go Girls
Pelvic radiation disease information and support: PRDA UK
Cardiovascular Health
British Heart Foundation 
Check your own QRISK
 
Endometriosis
https://www.endometriosis-uk.org/
Exercise
Masai Warrior 
Sitting like the Queen
Pelvic floor exercises (a whole range)
The Knack 
Walk at home for beginners 
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=35G7AW78kxo&t=5s
Lichen Sclerosus
Please find below UK guidelines including:
  • ​A Framework for Managing Vulval Disease from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • What is the role of vulval infiltration of adipose-derived mesenchymal cells and platelet-rich plasma (aka ‘fat transfer’) in women with vulval lichen sclerosus? 
  • Vulvovaginal Thrush
  • Vulvodynia
  • Lichen Sclerosus
Clinical Standards
  • Standards of Care for Women with a Vulval Condition - a BSSVD led multi-stakeholder document
BSSVD Guidance on Management
  • BSSVD Guidance for Health Professionals on Management of Lichen Sclerosus
  • Vulval Lichen Sclerosus Follow up Guidance
International Guidelines
  • Latest ISSVD Guidelines on Vulval Pain
  • European Guidance on (anogenital) Lichen Sclerosus 
Nutrition
Emma's Nutrition Cookbooks
Pelvic Floor
Pelvic Road
PMS/ PMDD
​National Association for Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
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The International Association For Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD)
Sex and Intimacy
Many women have forgotten how to access intimacy and you may find the following useful: 
  • Building a bridge to emotional and sexual intimacy
  • Mind the Gap, by Dr Karen Guerney 
  • The surprising truth about desire everyone needs to know
  • Jo Divine Sexual Health Blog
  • Coco-Berlin body-love workout connects mind/body through sensual awareness 
Self Care
Dr Ranjan Chatterjee Podcast Episode
Deliciously Ella Podcast
Sleep
Treating insomnia in 10 minutes with Dr Hugh Selsick
​Sleepio
Sleep Station
Sleepful
Vaginal Health
Vaginal oestrogen - GIna can now be purchased over the counter however it may be cheaper on an NHS and private prescription. 
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Vulval Health
Please find below UK guidelines including:
  • A Framework for Managing Vulval Disease from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
  • What is the role of vulval infiltration of adipose-derived mesenchymal cells and platelet-rich plasma (aka ‘fat transfer’) in women with vulval lichen sclerosus? 
  • Vulvovaginal Thrush
  • Vulvodynia
  • Lichen Sclerosus
Clinical Standards
  • Standards of Care for Women with a Vulval Condition - a BSSVD led multi-stakeholder document
BSSVD Guidance on Management
  • BSSVD Guidance for Health Professionals on Management of Lichen Sclerosus
  • Vulval Lichen Sclerosus Follow up Guidance
International Guidelines
  • Latest ISSVD Guidelines on Vulval Pain
  • European Guidance on (anogenital) Lichen Sclerosus ​

Videos 

  • British Menopause Society YouTube Channel
  • Let’s Talk Gynae Cancers. 
  • The Benefits of Yoga – Lucy Holton & Dr Louise Newson
  • ​Trying to right 20 years of misinformation and hysteria about HRT – Professor Rob Langer​
  • Vaginal dryness with Jane Lewis
  • What is Perimenopause? Dr Louise Newson 
  • You are what you eat, with the Healthy Eating Doctor
  • The Difference Between Body Identical and Bioidentical Hormones
  • The silent problem: vaginal dryness
  • Vaginal Dryness and Menopause Related Urinary Symptoms
  • Your Utrogestan questions answered by Dr Sarah Ball

Useful Websites

Women's Health Concern
The Menopause Charity
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Newsome Health Menopause Society
Daisy Network
Your Pelvic Floor
Menopause Matters
Manage My Menopause


Useful Resources for Health Professionals

  • BMS Tools for Clinicians
  • BNF Treatment Summary
  • Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy After Breast Cancer
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy in Cancer Survivors - Review of the Literature
  • IMS Resources
  • Individual Benefits and Risks of Intravaginal Estrogen and Systemic Testosterone in the Management of Women in the Menopause, With a Discussion of Any Associated Risks for Cancer Development
  • Menopause: diagnosis and management
  • Menopause Doctor​
  • NH Menopause Society
  • NHMS Podcast Episode 12: Oncology and the Perimenopause and Menopause with Consultant Medical Oncologist Dr Rebecca Bowen
  • NICE Guideline
  • NICE Clinical Summary
  • Oestrogen Matters by Dr Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris
  • PCWHF Guidance
  • Position Statement for Management of Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause (GSM)
  • RCOG Menopause Hub
  • Shared decision making
  • Systemic or Vaginal Hormone Therapy After Early Breast Cancer: A Danish Observational Cohort Study​

For more references and resources click here ​

Balance / Louise Newson Information Booklets

  • Antidepressants and Menopause
  • Been through breast cancer? Did someone mention menopause?
  • Body Identical Hormones
  • Contraception during the Menopause and Perimenopause
  • Diabetes and menopause
  • Estrogen in patches, gels or sprays
  • Family history of breast cancer: Should I take HRT?
  • FAQs about HRT Factsheet
  • Healthy eating for the menopause
  • High blood pressure and the menopause
  • HRT - Types and doses
  • HRT The Basics
  • Lifestyle for healthy bones
  • Living well through your perimenopause and menopause
  • Looking after your immune system
  • Menopause and Clots
  • Menopause and HRT
  • Menopause and Me booklet
  • Menopause and Me: A guide for younger women
  • Menopause and Relationships: A guide for partners
  • Menopause and the workplace
  • Micronised Progesterone or Utrogestan®
  • Migraine and Menopause
  • My Story: Sticky blood, menopause and me
  • Pelvic Floor Health During The Menopause
  • Pelvic Floor Health During The Menopause
  • Perimenopause and HRT​
  • Skin changes during menopause​
  • Starting or continuing HRT many years after your menopause
  • ​Surgical Menopause
  • The Mirena Coil or Intrauterine System (IUS)
  • Understanding hormone levels in the blood
  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs) and cystitis
  • Vaginal bleeding during perimenopause and menopause Factsheet
  • Vaginal Dryness
  • Vitamin D
  • What to expect when you start HRT

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